in this environment, intelligence was critical for staying alive. today we just need an ipad to get by. greg. the future says technologies will find a solution to our diminishing brain power. what do they mean by that solution? are the machines going to murder us all? >> the argument is that intelligence creates progress and progress makes us dumber by reducing the use of the genes. then thee theoretic should diminish progress and should stop this decrease in stupidity. it means it is bs. >> you didn't even listen to me. >> i did. and i am thinking of the machines. it is a different kind of intelligence. >> we are getting dumber. not by jeans, but by choice. we do dumb things because we can. survival has been replaced by recreation. recreation, 99% is doing stupid things like traveling to other countries is stupid because you could die, but you still do it anyway. it is better to stay in your apart meant and not do anything which is what you did when you wanted to survive. >> it is not better. >> get me the audio book. i don't read anything. >> dian